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Z2 Entertainment is proud to present Drive-By Truckers at the Fox Theatre on Friday, March 10th. Tickets go on sale Friday, January 13th for $30.00. Flaunting a mix of Southern pride, erudite lyrics, and a muscled three-guitar attack, Drive-By Truckers became one of the most well-respected alternative country-rock acts of the 2000s.
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In the wake of his critically acclaimed album A Map of the Floating City, and the groundbreaking FloatingCity.com transmedia game he co-designed, Thomas Dolby will embark on a 26-date North American tour this March, with a rather unusual vehicle in tow (pictured). The Time Capsule is a chrome- and brass-plated road trailer that seats three. With handcrafted leather and wood fittings, and complex electrical wiring that could have been designed by Nikola Tesla, it resembles a Jules Verne/HG Wells-inspired time-travel machine.
They Might Be Giants celebrate the announcement of their 2012 US tour with this dramatic video set to their track "When Will You Die?" The video tracks the creation and short life of an 18' paper and wood replica of the day glo pink monster hearse that graces the cover of They Might Be Giants album, Join Us.
New York/New Jersey based Grateful Dead tribute band, Ripple, is set to reunite on February 3rd at Mexicali Live in Teaneck, New Jersey.
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Multi-PLATINUM singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley’s rowdy party anthem “Am I The Only One” has officially been certified GOLD by the RIAA for digital sales of over 500,000 song downloads. The smash hit became Bentley’s eighth career No. one song as an artist and writer last fall when it topped country radio charts and served as the lead track off of Bentley’s upcoming sixth studio album HOME, in stores Feb.
LIFT Festival, the two-day elevated music experience, has confirmed the first round of performers for LIFT Fest at Whaleback Mountain in the heart of New Hampshire’s Ski Country, March 16-17, 2012. Featuring slope-side, outdoor music, the inaugural LIFT Festival offers patrons the unique opportunity to enjoy first-class live music in a picturesque setting - hand in hand with their favorite winter sports.
From the beginning, JANE’S ADDICTION has thrown the most unique parties in rock, mixing a fierce musicality with theatrical flair onstage. 2012 sees the band--who’ve always outrageously combined electricity, sex and danger--return in support of their acclaimed album
America’s Jewish Troubadour, Kinky Friedman, is going south in 2012, specifically the southern United States, and he’s bringing gifts for the natives. Foremost among these gifts is a solo performance described as Mark Twain meets Groucho Marx . . . at the corner of Johnny Cash and Lenny Bruce. He’ll also be carrying books, posters and music, surely enough for anyone.
Bobby Weir and Bruce Hornsby have announced two shows in Oakland, CA on March 31st and April 1st, 2012. Both shows will take place at The Fox Theater in Oakland, California.Tickets will be available through GDTSTOO (TBA), presale (January 12, 10 a.m.), and outlets (January 13, 10 a.m.).Although best known as one of the founding members of the Grateful Dead, adding Dead staples such as "Truckin", "Sugar Magnolia," and "Cassidy" to the band's catalog, Weir obtained a long and affluent music career t
